A brush fire broke out Monday evening off Malibu Canyon Road in Malibu amid Red Flag conditions prompted by Santa Ana winds.
Watch Duty, a nonprofit that tracks wildfires, reported the fire broke out in heavy brush. California Highway Patrol logs show it was reported around 10:48 p.m. By 11:18 p.m., crews on the scene reported it had grown to 30 acres, Watch Duty reported. By 11:54 p.m. the fire was at three-alarm status and had reached 100 acres, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
Water-dropping helicopters were assisting LA County firefighters on the ground in attacking the Franklin fire, which broke out in the area of Malibu Canyon Road, north of Pacific Coast Highway and south of Piuma Road.
Both sides of Malibu Canyon Road were being closed, as well as a stretch of PCH, as evacuations were ordered, CHP logs showed.
The city of Malibu on its website said the Serra Retreat area was under a mandatory evacuation order. LA County Fire on social media described the evacuation area as Malibu Canyon Road and South of Piuma Road as well as the Serra Retreat area.
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